Genealogical Records, 1895-1908
This series consists mainly of items copied from various sources and collected by Margaret Parker Stoddert and her daughter, Elizabeth Stoddert Reeder. Also included are two wedding invitations and a newspaper account of John Brown's raid.
In 1895, Margaret Parker Stoddert began the "M. P. Stoddert Record Book." It contains newspaper clippings, primarily of obituaries, and her handwritten notes and articles copied from other sources. Among the items included are:
- "Memoir of the Parker Family in Virginia," by Captain William Harnar Parker of Richmond, VA.
- "Genealogy and Biography of the Parkers of the Northern Neck of Virginia," written by the third Judge Richard Parker for the Shenandoah Book (Valley) in April 1888.
- "Report of the Committee on the Death of Most Worshipful Richard Parker, Past Grand Master," 1895.
- Smallwood-Stoddert Genealogy
Among the newspaper articles several pertain to John Brown's raid and his subsequent trial presided over by Judge Robert Parker, Margaret Stoddert's uncle:
- April 8, 1888, St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat includes an interview with Judge Richard Parker.
- The Green Bag, an entertaining magazine for lawyers dated April 1899, written by Bushrod C. Washington.
- An early twentieth-century newspaper article recounts an interview with Jacob Widner, the sole survivor of John Brown's raid.
- Harpers Magazine, July 1905, written by Frederick Trevor Hill
- The Kansas City Star, 1906, three articles commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the 1856 battle of Osawatomie.
In addition, articles from Maryland and Virginia newspapers relate the 1908 judgment awarding "West Hatton" to Elizabeth Stoddert Reeder. Two articles mention the death of Margaret Parker Stoddert in 1917.
An invitation and two newspaper articles describe the wedding of Mary E. Taylor to John M. Morris, an African American couple, in Winchester, Virginia on May 10, 1906. Elizabeth Stoddert Reeder and her husband may have received this as they resided in Winchester at that time.
Additional genealogical Stoddert and Parker materials are:
- 1948 Department of the Navy press release from the 150th anniversary of the department which includes a description of Benjamin Stoddert's career as Secretary of the Navy.
- Dangerfield Family of Virginia, undated, originally prepared by Sarah J. Keene.
Arrangement is chronological.
Dates
- Creation: 1895-1908
Use and Access to Collection
This collection is open for research.
Extent
25 Items
Language of Materials
English
Library Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives
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